> Ael bowed her head respectfully. "I welcome your addition, Admiral. I trust > you will be a welcomed voice of reason in this tower of Babel."
Bedru smiled at the Terran reference and wondered if the others understood its meaning. "At the very least, I hope not to add any confusion," she replied. > Bedru used their interaction to study the Cardassian ambassador and to > examine > her own less than friendly reaction. She had lived through two wars against > the Cardassians, the first one as Ops officer on the Defiant, and then years > later as captain of the Ark Royal. She had seen friends and colleagues die, > Se > had nearly died herself in the final battle that had resulted in the taking > of > Cardassia Prime and the defeat of the Dominion. > > Had she allowed residue animosity to creep into her reaction? No, she > thought > immediately. Those wars were years old. She had grieved for her friends, > and > she had moved on. No, her reaction was to the woman herself. There was > something that had Bedru's intuition on alert. > > For now, though, she buried her reaction. She had no reason to distrust > Damesh, > but that did not mean that she would trust her, either. > > > Just then, the Ferengi Ambassador idled in. Being new, he stoof off to the > > side. He recognized everyone but the human female from the earlier > session. > > > > Rilg had to admit that he was nervous. Thanks to what the Romulan > Ambassador > > had given to him, he and the Ferengi Alliance was going to be a major > player > > in the meeting. He was hoping that he was up to the job. > > Bedru had glanced towards the door at the sound of its opening. With a > couple > of steps, she enlarged the scope of the gathering to include the Ferengi, > despite him. "Ambassador Rilg," she said, "If I may introduce myself. I am > Candance Bedru. I contacted your office earlier but am glad for this > opportunity to meet you now." > > Ael nodded to the Ferengi but kept her silence. Ferengi's were cute, in a > way that domesticated thrai were cute. She had to resist the attempt to > reach > out and stroke the one's ears. The impulse was easy to resist, however. > AFter > all, there needed to be no appearance of familiarity between herself and any > Ferengi. > > The Ferengi nodded. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Admiral. I am sure that > the Council will benefit from your presence," he said. It was clear that he > was a little uncomfortable. He made his way over to his chair and took a > seat. > It was not meant to be rude, but just to get a little more comfortable. > > The doors parted once more to allow entry to two more members of the Council. > Ambassador Watson let the way, and he was followed by the new Venasian > representative. She seemed like an average Venasian, except that she had > Borg > implants that were evident. Bedru walked over to the pair. She nodded to the woman, then she extended her hand to Watson. "Greetings, Ambassador Watson," she said graciously. (reaction?) Bedru ends ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ | Randye Jones |) aka Adm. Carrhae t'Llhweiir and Adm. Candance Bedru /| Spacedock Role-Playing Game ( | ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Boldly goin' where no musician has gone before! _______________________________________________ Spacedock mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scifi-rpgs.com/mailman/listinfo/spacedock_scifi-rpgs.com
